School Curriculum

These workshops focus on introducing students to performance and drama techniques. The sessions are delivered in a fun and interactive environment with a strong emphasis on group learning. Participants will gain a better understanding of themselves in a creative environment.

Includes:  

• Ensemble work
• Improvisation
• Movement
• Stagecraft
• Scene Work            

Enquires to: info@westendhouse.ie

These workshops are designed to equip students with skills that are transferrable to a multitude of areas. Students will devlop performance and public skills as well as behind the scenes work, such as Lighting, Sound, Design, Directing and Producing.

Includes:  

• Personal Development
• Ensemble Work
• Organisational Skills
• Public Speaking
• Performance
• Design
• Technical Skills       

Enquires to: info@westendhouse.ie

This programme is project-based and developed in a modular style. Each module focuses on a specific objective, in performance for stage or screen. Students will develop a product by the end of the year which will showcase their work.

Includes:  

• Acting
• Writing
• Directing
• Design
• Filmaking            

Enquires to: info@westendhouse.ie

These workshops focus on bringing the Shakespearean text to life in a fun and interactive way. Students are encouraged to analyse the play from the viewpoint of staging and character development. They will be encouraged to perform scenes in a safe, process-based environment, with a strong emphasis on understanding plot and storytelling.

Includes:  

• Character Analysis and Development
• Stagecraft
• Playing the text
• Undertsanding Narrative               

Enquires to: info@westendhouse.ie

These workshops look at the craft of acting and performance in a general way. Participants can engage with performance techniques in a group setting with a strong emphasis on the ensemble. The sessions are fun and interactive where the importance is on participation and engagement.

Includes:  

• Ensemble development
•  Improvisation
• Scene Work
• Team Building
• Self esteem building
• Creativitity               

Enquires to: info@westendhouse.ie

This workshop can be developed over a number of sessions. The participants will develop ideas through a process of improvisation and devising techniques. This work is then scripted, designed and adapted for performance. The finished play will be showcased by the participants of the workshops.

Includes:  

• Improvisation
• Devising
• Script development
• Design Techniques
• Rehearsal process
• Performance                    

Enquires to: info@westendhouse.ie